Angle Estimates

A Maths Starter of The Day

Each of the angles represented here is either acute or obtuse. Estimate the sizes of each of the angles then add your estimates together.

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  • L Smith, Colwyn Bay
  • Monday, May 22, 2006
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Answers
24o   33o
  171o  
113o   115o

Adding the angles together gives 456o

 

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